#78DCF9#78DCF9

#78DCF9 is a very light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.102 H 219.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#78DCF9
RGB	rgb(120, 220, 249)
HSL	hsl(193, 91%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(193, 52%, 98%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.8%, 11.6%, 0%, 2.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -21.60, -23.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 31.66, 226.98°)
OKLab	oklab(84.42% -0.0793 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(84.42% 0.102 219)
XYZ	xyz(50.4312, 62.0146, 98.9166)
Luminance	0.6202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#78DCF9 #F99578

analogous

#78F9D5 #78DCF9 #789CF9

triadic

#78DCF9 #F978DC #DCF978

tetradic

#78DCF9 #D578F9 #F99578 #9CF978

square

#78DCF9 #D578F9 #F99578 #9CF978

split-complementary

#78DCF9 #F9789C #F9D578

monochromatic

#0AB9EC #3DCDF6 #78DCF9 #B3EBFC #E2F7FE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#78DCF9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#78DCF9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #78DCF9

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##78DCF9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##78DCF9	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAD7FB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6C8F9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1CE6E5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #78dcf9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(120, 220, 249);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.102 219.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#a7e7fb',
    500: '#78dcf9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #78dcf9;
$custom-light: #a7e7fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#78dcf9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 120,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 249
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.488,
    "s": 91.489,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84421,
    "c": 0.10195,
    "h": 219
  },
  "luminance": 0.62019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#78DCF9

secondary

#D56240

accent

#3400E6

background

#FDFEFF

surface

#F7FCFF

border

#D0D5D7

text

#101617

muted

#818485

Preview Lab

Preview with #78DCF9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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